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Heard County commissioners deny reimbursement to former District 1 commissioner after executive-session review
Summary
The Heard County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted Feb. 28 to deny reimbursement of open-records and mileage claims by the former District 1 commissioner after discussing pending litigation in executive session; the board said no decisions were made during that closed session.
The Heard County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Feb. 28 to deny reimbursing the former District 1 commissioner for claimed open-records expenses and mileage. The decision followed an executive-session discussion about pending and possible litigation that Chairman Lee Boone said produced no decisions while the board was in closed session.
The motion to deny reimbursement was made by Commissioner Larry Hooks and seconded by Commissioner Sandi Allen; the board voted unanimously. Commissioners present for the vote were Chairman Lee Boone and Commissioners Larry Hooks, Jacob Cammon, Gwen Caldwell, Frank Crook and Sandi Allen.
Chairman Boone had asked the board to enter executive session to discuss pending litigation; the board entered executive session on a motion by Commissioner Sandi Allen with a second from Commissioner Jacob Cammon, and later returned to open session on a motion by Commissioner Sandi Allen seconded by Commissioner Larry Hooks. Upon returning to open session, the denial of the former District 1 commissioner’s reimbursement was moved, seconded and approved.
The transcript records that pending and possible litigation was discussed in executive session and that no decisions were made while the board was closed to the public. The board’s formal vote to deny reimbursement is reflected in the meeting minutes and recorded as a unanimous action of those present.
The meeting adjourned following the board’s other business; no further details about the basis for the reimbursement denial or dollar amounts related to the former commissioner’s requests are specified in the transcript.
